June 21, 2022 Vale to spend $400 million in 2022 to remove tailings dams The dam elimination program has already cost the company $857 million of the $4 billion it projects to spend by 2035.
June 21, 2022 Over-optimism among China steelmakers behind iron ore’s price plunge Iron ore lost almost a quarter of its value in a dizzying eight-day plunge through Monday.
June 21, 2022 BHP, Vale reject Brazil steelmaker CSN’s interest, say miner Samarco is not for sale Brazilian steelmaker CSN hired restructuring firm RK Partners to draft a proposal to buy control of Samarco.
June 21, 2022 Martian moon could be crucial for asteroid mining Researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have shown that mining the Main Belt of asteroids that orbit between Mars and Jupiter could be done profitably.
June 20, 2022 Brazil steelmaker CSN drafting bid for miner Samarco An agreement may not be easy, according to Reuters sources, due to Samarco's liabilities related to its 2015 disaster in the city of Mariana.
June 20, 2022 Iron ore price sinks amid growing pessimism over demand outlook in China A raft of supportive policy measures from Beijing over the last couple of months have failed to result in persistent price gains.
June 20, 2022 Column: Iron ore suffers short-term demand woes, longer-term China threat The outlook for spot iron ore prices for the rest of the year largely rests on how successful China is at containing covid-19, writes Clyde Russell.
June 20, 2022 Top three Aussie miners to shed $11bn in market value as commodity rout accelerates BHP and Rio Tinto are trading at a one-month low, while Fortescue is at a three-month low.
June 19, 2022 Guinea gives Simandou iron ore mine developers 14-day deadline Guinea has grown increasingly impatient with the companies that control the giant Simandou deposit.
June 17, 2022 Iron ore price hits six-month low on plunging China steel margins Chinese steel mills are opting to reduce output amid weak profits and deteriorating demand prospects.
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am
